Sensory Receptors

Match the following parts of the ear

• Pinna

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• Auditory Canal

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• Eardrum

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• Ossicles: Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

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Match the following

• Cochlea

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• Semicircular Canals

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• Cochlear Nerve

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a cell specialized for transmitting fast electrochemical signals

• brain

• stimulus

• nerve cell

• behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organ that serves as the primary control center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals

• sensory receptors

• electromagnetic input

• chemical input

• brain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Your body contains ​ (a)   that send ​ (b)   to your ​ (c)   so your body can take in information and ​ (d)   appropriately.

• sensory receptors
• information
• brain
• respond

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which answer below correctly orders the steps that our nervous system takes to sense the world around us?

• Sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, then the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain, and finally the brain processes this information and decides what to do

• Messages/signals travel through our nerves to our brain, then the brain processes this information and decides what to do, and finally the sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information

• The brain processes information and decides what to do, then sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, and finally the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain

This diagram shows the process the body uses to respond to information received through the senses. Which of the following best describes the missing step 2?

• Information stored for later use

• Information sent to the brain

• Body systems respond to information

• Receptors respond to the information

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Taste receptors in the gustatory system are...

• Chemoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Electroreceptors
• Photoreceptors

A receptor that detects light and darkness it's called...

• Photoreceptor
• Mechanoreceptor
• Chemoreceptor
• brightnessreceptor

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

These are specialized structures of the nervous system that pick up stimuli from inside or outside the body.

• Sensory Retrievers
• Sensory Input
• Sensory Signals
• Sensory Receptors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8